In this volume, twelve leading sociologists and historians leverage the conceptual work of John A. Hall to explore the complex and profoundly consequential relationship between states, nations, power, and civility.

Part One: National Contexts

1. Is America Breaking Apart? The Rise of Donald Trump
2. How Homogenous Need America Be? Nation, Race, and Civility
3. Roadblocks to Civility: Lessons from Turkish Nationalism
4. Urban Civility Defying Political Authoritarianism? Unpacking Turkey’s Reversal of Democracy
5. Under Stress: Civility, Compassion, and National Solidarity - The Refugee Crisis in Germany after 1945

Part Two: International and Comparative Contexts

6. Nationalism and Imperialism as Enemies and Friends: Nation-State Formation and Imperial Projects in the Balkans
7. The Despotic and Infrastructural Powers of Democratic, Autocratic, and Authoritarian Regimes
8. Resistance and Nationalist Violence: A Hallsian Approach to Nation-Building in a Colonial Context
9. Two Communist Revolutions: A Hallsian Comparison of China and Russia
10. Religious Toleration in Pre-Modern Empires
11. Ashoka and Constantine: On Mega-Actors and the Politics of Empires and Religions